Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 780
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PRINTS.) Delpech, François, lithographer; after Louis Boilly. Osages: Peuplade Sauvage de l'Amérique Septentrionale, dans l'Etat de Missouri. Hand-colored lithograph, 14 x 10 1/2 inches; very minor edge wear, faint mount remnants on verso. Paris, 1827
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Kishagashugah, depicted on the right, was an Osage chief inspired by a tradition that his ancestor had visited Paris. He brought a party of five other Osages to meet King Charles X in 1827. This is one of a pair of group portraits done to commemorate their visit. Also depicted are Grétomih (left) and Minckchatahooh (below). 3 copies in WorldCat.